Sunday, October 01, 2006

Comics I could live without. Or not.

So, speaking of comic lists and cuts, here's where I actually stand on what I'm getting right now. Keeping in mind that I won't get the last month's books until sometime next week, which means that this might change.

52: Fun book, possibly not a keeper if the chips were down. Although the Ralph and the Montoya/Question storylines do hold my interest.

All New Atom: At this point, a keeper--a wonderfully fun comic!

Captain America: Stays on the list as long as Brubaker is writing it. After that, no guarantees.

Fantastic Four: Hanging on by the virtue of nostalgia--it was the first book young Brainfreeze ever made an effort to buy each and every month, and was my favorite for many opinion-forming years. Otherwise...well, it's not as much fun as it used to be. I'll give until after Civil War, at least.

Flash: The Fastest Man Alive: Very likely to be cut.

Green Lantern: I don't know yet--I've three issues preordered, which should be enough to decide whether I like Hal enough to follow him regularly.

Green Lantern Corps: I do like Soranik Natu, but I'm not sure she's enough to keep me with this one for the long haul. But if comics were to go up in price, it'd be gone, honestly.

Ion: It's a limited-run series so I'll probably buy it all, but right now it's not nearly as much fun as I'd expected.

Iron Man: Will stay on the list unless Tony-in-his-own-book turns into Tony-from-Civil-War.

Justice League of America: Probably a keeper. I tend to like group books, and the twelve-year-old enjoys it it.

Moon Knight: I liked this one a lot at first, but if it doesn't pick up soon I'll be thinking about dropping it.

Ms. Marvel: Nostalgia gives this one tenure, and it'd have to drop in quality a lot before I'd want to cut it.

New Avengers: Not in danger, although I'll be happy when the book is better again.

Secret Six: Enjoying this one a great deal, a definite keeper. (Granted that it's a mini and I've already preordered the lot. :))

She-Hulk: I enjoy this book, but am not connected enough to the characters to say that I'd give it a lot of rope before abandoning it, were it to turn on me.

Supergirl and the Legion of Superheroes: This one is probably closest to gone. I've been thinking about why, and I think it's because, really, this is not the same Legion I grew up with. Not that there's anything wrong with that, and given an unlimited comic budget I'd keep getting it--but as it is, if cuts are going to be made, they'll start here.

Wonder Woman: If the twelve-year-old likes it it'll stay on the list; if she doesn't, it might not.

Young Avengers: Great book, when it happens to come out. Not currently in danger.

1 comment:

Ragnell said...

Well, really you only have to pay for 2 or 3 Wonder Woman comics a year.